@americannative_ Why would I be offended? I'm so pale, I'm see-through. Somewhere back in my family tree there is a Cherokee woman married to a great great grandfather. I don't know if she is a blood relative or a step-mom/2nd wife, but either way is fine with us.
🦔Pflugerville, Texas just killed its Flock Safety contract unanimously after a resident filed a public records request and found 459 outside law enforcement agencies had run 1.6 million searches on the city's 28 cameras in six months. Local police ran 5,078. That's 315 outside searches for every one by Pflugerville PD. The city had told residents nationwide data sharing was turned off. The city manager ordered the lenses physically covered before the council even voted. Pflugerville joins 56 municipalities that have cut ties with Flock in 2026.
My Take
One resident with a public records form did what the city, the police department, and Flock either couldn't or didn't want to do. That's how thin the oversight was on a system searching 1.6 million plates. Nobody was auditing this. Nobody was checking whether the assurances they gave residents were true. It took a guy filing paperwork to find out.
56 cities have walked away from Flock this year and I think that number accelerates once other communities realize they can file the same request. Flock has $500 million in VC money and contracts in 4,000 cities, and civil liberties groups say under 1% of scanned plates ever connect to a crime. Pflugerville's police chief looked at his own data and wouldn't recommend keeping the contract. Every city still running these cameras is one records request away from finding out what their own ratio looks like, and most of them haven't asked yet.
Hedgie🤗
🦔Pflugerville, Texas just killed its Flock Safety contract unanimously after a resident filed a public records request and found 459 outside law enforcement agencies had run 1.6 million searches on the city's 28 cameras in six months. Local police ran 5,078. That's 315 outside searches for every one by Pflugerville PD. The city had told residents nationwide data sharing was turned off. The city manager ordered the lenses physically covered before the council even voted. Pflugerville joins 56 municipalities that have cut ties with Flock in 2026.
My Take
One resident with a public records form did what the city, the police department, and Flock either couldn't or didn't want to do. That's how thin the oversight was on a system searching 1.6 million plates. Nobody was auditing this. Nobody was checking whether the assurances they gave residents were true. It took a guy filing paperwork to find out.
56 cities have walked away from Flock this year and I think that number accelerates once other communities realize they can file the same request. Flock has $500 million in VC money and contracts in 4,000 cities, and civil liberties groups say under 1% of scanned plates ever connect to a crime. Pflugerville's police chief looked at his own data and wouldn't recommend keeping the contract. Every city still running these cameras is one records request away from finding out what their own ratio looks like, and most of them haven't asked yet.
Hedgie🤗
@CaitlinERitas Why would any of that matter? We don't all agree on every issue. God judges/provides our salvation. Mourning the loss of someone who had a positive impact on your life doesn't require agreeing with every single political or moral topic. Get a grip.
MORE FLOCK CAMERA CONTROVERSY: The Texas town of Pflugerville had a city council meeting about their 28 Flock cameras…turns out that not only was city data released NATIONWIDE, but 450 agencies were tapping into the city’s Flock camera system.
Only 80 agencies had city approval to do so.
Per the local police department, “an issue was discovered in the Flock operating system which permitted non-partner law enforcement agencies to access the City’s Flock data”.
In response the city has been putting black bags over the Flock cameras and last night declined a new $175,000 contract with the company.
h/t: @VinnyMartorano
This first-day-of-school tradition leaves freshmen embarrassed, parents slightly emotional and hundreds of seniors cheering. @SteveHartmanCBS is On the Road in Oklahoma.
@mcinnish_cory@Kimberlyvrn The handle is not connected, the setting is not the issue, it's the fake boobs. Also, the bell bottoms aren't quite flared enough
@its_The_Dr Was Mr Beast also filming pranks and stunts inside Walmart? I haven't seen any of this, but that's what I read just now on another site. Are you sure this is about race? At least be genuine about the race thing. I'm not a Mr Beast fan or detractor, just a grandma from Texas.
Imagine the irony, the audacity of assaulting @sophaller, getting ejected from the game, and then crying "white privilege " all while wearing a platinum blonde wig. @DijonaiVictoria gtfoh with that